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Hello all, seller from a thrift store was selling this on a curiosities fair (including fossils). Now he has out it online I saw it in real and its heavily petrified, 1.8kg and has some calcite crystals inside. Shape and text on it creeped me out a bit but its certainly a fossil bone. Unknown provenance and finding location, strata, its undetermined and its unclear how old it is. based on the text, which google translate recognise as Indonesian, Malaysian or Visayan (Philippines) you get “save the gays” and some gibberish. Probably because it says Homo on the bone. Perhaps human bone? Anyways, assuming its from those areas (Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines) it is probably not dinosaur because the strata there are generally not old enough. Ofcourse it could have come from somewhere else entirely. Thats why i decided to pass on it, but now it popped up online. Based on the bone shape, would it be mammalian? Size 26 cm (10.2 inch) weight 1.8 kg (4 pounds) heavily petrified but it wouldnt neccesarily mean its cretaceous or older?

Hi everyone, So. I am not from California but received this as a gift. I do have a background in Paleoecology (with a focus in the Pleistocene trophic ecology) but I am a bit out of practice as I have been working with extant systems for the past 10 years. In addition, my focus primarily involved East and Southern Africa. In any event, I am not quite sure yet. It is highly mineralized and I see what looks like algae. From what I gather, it looks like it was in the ocean for some time. the shape (especially in the first image) along with the highly mineralized cross section (enamel?) reminds me of a proboscidean...but I am not quite sure. I have been trying to look into the geology and paleontology of the area, but haven't found much for mammals outside of cetaceans...which I know little about. Any input would be greatly appreciated! thank you

I found this tooth unlabeled in an oddities shop in Massachusetts. My thoughts were that it was from a horse and probably from southeast USA. Any ideas on age and species would be great! Im also curious what the white thing is on the bottom left of the chewing surface, some sort of marine life? Thank you!

A while back on one of the occasions my friend Barrett and I went to the Conasauga creepy crawlies, a man who arrived some time later with his daughter to hunt them recommended we check out a place called Springfield. A rough map of the area in and around Springfield says that there are pleistocene deposits in the general area. Anyone know of a good place to learn more, or a potential spot to hit?